Cyclic dipeptides exhibit potency for scavenging radicals
摘要:
Twenty kinds of cyclic dipeptides containing L-leucine were synthesized, and their antioxidant activity against (OH)-O-center dot and O-2(center dot-) was investigated. Compounds possessing polar amino acid residues, such as Asp, Cys, Glu, Lys, Pro, Ser, and Trp, exhibited higher antioxidant activity against (OH)-O-center dot than vitamin E. However, only cyclo(L-Cys-L-Leu) scavenged O-2(center dot-). (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.